Sector leaders, charities supporting care leavers and looked-after children and children’s rights organisations have said ploughing ahead with reforms based on the outcome of the consultation, which is due to close on 8 April, would be “irresponsible”.
Carolyne Willow, director of children’s rights charity Article 39, said it is “absolutely the wrong time” for ministers to push through plans detailed in the consultation document including banning the use of unregulated supported accommodation for under-16s and introducing new national standards for such provisions.
She added: “Parliament has recently passed emergency legislation to deal with Covid-19, and local authorities, charities and others are desperately trying to help children and young people in need of care and protection.
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